AI front desk statistics, September 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
Every month I measure 20 AI front desk sites with data from DataForSEO, Google Trends, Tranco and Ahrefs. They are the sites that rank on Google for "ai front desk" plus the most-visited AI front desk sites overall. In September 2026 they got about 320,403 visits from Google, 12% fewer than a year ago.
Below: one short section per statistics page, starting with whether the market is growing. The tools I test are on the AI front desk page.
Data from DataForSEO, Tranco, Chrome UX Report, Ahrefs and SerpApi · not a ranking
AI front desk statistics: the key numbers for September 2026
Four numbers for September 2026, each counted over the month. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 20 AI front desk sites I track. Tap one for the details.
- Visits from Google320Kvisits-12% vs a year ago
- Google searches720searchesfor "ai front desk"
- Most visited site132KvisitsFrontdesk (My AI Front Desk), 41% of all
- Expected in October340Kvisits+6% vs last month
- 320,403 Google visits went to the 20 AI front desk sites RankDude tracks in September 2026, 12% fewer than a year earlier (about the same without Talkie.ai).
- Shrinking: the AI front desk market is shrinking.
- 720 searches a month for “ai front desk” worldwide, 54% of them in the US (Google Ads, 12-month average).
- 41% of all visits go to Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk), the most-visited AI front desk tool; the five most-visited take 86%.
- 44.7% of visits come from the United States, followed by India, Canada and Germany.
- 340,048 visits expected in October 2026, likely between 247K and 433K.
Source: DataForSEO, Google Ads and Google Trends, September 2026, compiled by RankDude.
Market demand
1Is the AI front desk market growing in 2026?
Shrinking.
Over two years, visits went from 218K in October 2024 to a high of 652K in June 2026, and stand at 320K in September 2026. Much of the year’s change is one site, Talkie.ai, which is why I also look at the market without it.
- Visits, year on year
- +1%
- Visits, last six months
- -37%
- Name searches, US
- -7%
- Busiest month (2 years)
- June 2026, 652K visits
| Quarter | Visits from Google | Vs the quarter before |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1,369,215 | -19% |
| Q2 2026 | 1,697,779 | +23% |
| Q1 2026 | 1,385,711 | +16% |
| Q4 2025 | 1,197,857 | +20% |
| Q3 2025 | 1,002,387 | +29% |
| Q2 2025 | 777,278 | +9% |
Quarter
- Q3 2026
- Visits from Google
- 1,369,215
- Vs the quarter before
- -19%
- Q2 2026
- Visits from Google
- 1,697,779
- Vs the quarter before
- +23%
- Q1 2026
- Visits from Google
- 1,385,711
- Vs the quarter before
- +16%
- Q4 2025
- Visits from Google
- 1,197,857
- Vs the quarter before
- +20%
- Q3 2025
- Visits from Google
- 1,002,387
- Vs the quarter before
- +29%
- Q2 2025
- Visits from Google
- 777,278
- Vs the quarter before
- +9%
WorldVisits a month to AI front desk sites, worldwide
Miles explains
I only call a market growing when visits and name searches agree. Here visits are level and name searches are down, so they don’t agree yet.
Search trends
2How many people search for AI front desk in 2026?
“ai front desk” is searched about 720 times a month worldwide, 54% of it in the US.
Google Trends barely registered “ai front desk” until July 2025; interest then climbed to its peak in April 2026. Americans make 54% of the searches but only 44.7% of the visits, because the big sites also draw heavily from India, Canada and Germany.
- Searches a month, US
- 390
- Google Trends now
- 53/100 +39%
- Five-year peak
- 89/100 in April 2026
WorldGoogle Trends interest in "ai front desk", worldwide (0–100)
Miles explains
Google Trends shows direction, not volume. Interest is higher than a year ago, and I only trust that when the visits move the same way.
Monthly analysis
3What changed in the AI front desk market in September 2026?
Fewer visits than a year ago only because of Talkie.ai, fewer people searching by name, and the next six months look flat after a step up.
The losers, led by Notable, lost most of their search visits (-87%).
- Visits vs August 2026
- -29%
- Biggest gain this month
- Emitrr +62%
- Biggest loss this month
- Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk) -53%
Growing fastest, year on year
Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk)+60%
Falling fastest, year on year
Notable-87%
Duve-49%
HiJiffy-46%
Miles explains
Huge percentages like Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk)’s +60% usually mean one site won a big Google ranking from a small start. I watch whether it holds the next month.
Monthly forecast
4What happens next for AI front desk?
I expect October 2026 to be 6% more than September 2026, and the next six months to look up.
The forecast carries the level of recent months forward, not the trend line, because that version missed least when tested on past months.
- Expected in October 2026
- 340,048 visits
- Likely range
- 247K to 433K
- Expected in April 2027
- 340K +6%
- Past forecasts in range
- 3 of 6 months
Visits from Google search to the tracked sites, a month. Hover or tap the chart for each month.
Miles explains
Read the range, not the single number: tested on the last 6 months, my method landed inside its range 3 times.
Industry report
5The most-visited AI front desk sites in 2026
The most visited is Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk), with 131,904 visits a month, 41% of all visits.
Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk) and Talkie.ai together hold 59% of all visits. Below the top five the market is long and thin: the other 15 sites share 14%.
- Top five sites
- 86% of all visits
- Visits from the US
- 44.7%
- Largest markets outside the US
- India, Canada and Germany
- Sites tracked
- 20
Most-visited AI front desk sites, September 2026
- Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk)41.2%
Talkie.ai17.5%
Emitrr14.8%
Canary Technologies6.9%
Luma Health5.6%
Share of all visits from Google. Traffic, not quality. 6 more listed tools are not measured here: 1 is measured in the category of its main product and 5 sit on shared domains whose traffic is not their own.
Miles explains
Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk) alone has 41% of all visits. That’s a big lead, but one Google update can close it fast.
Download the data
6Can I download the AI front desk data?
Yes. Every number on these pages comes from two CSV files, free to download.
Cite as: Miles Foster, “AI Front Desk Statistics, September 2026”, RankDude, https://rankdude.ai/ai-front-desk/statistics
7AI front desk statistics: questions people ask
How many people use AI front desk?
The 20 AI front desk sites RankDude measures got about 320,403 visits from Google in September 2026. That counts visits from Google search only, not every visit, so the real total is higher.
Is the AI front desk market growing?
No. Visits are down 12% on a year ago, but only because of Talkie.ai; without it they are up 0.7%. They have fallen 51% since June 2026. Searches for the sites by name are 7% lower than in October 2025. The forecast for October 2026 is about 340,048 visits.
Which AI front desk tool is the most popular?
By visits from Google, Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk) is the most visited, with about 131,904 in September 2026, followed by Talkie.ai and Emitrr. This measures traffic, not quality.
How many people search for "ai front desk"?
About 720 searches a month worldwide, about 390 of them in the US, on a 12-month average from Google Ads data.
Where do AI front desk users come from?
44.7% of visits come from the United States. Outside the US the largest markets are India, Canada and Germany.
Where do these AI front desk statistics come from?
Traffic, rankings and search volume come from DataForSEO, popularity from Tranco and the Chrome UX Report, link strength from Ahrefs and search interest from Google Trends via SerpApi. The figures are pulled once a month, after the month has closed, and each edition is kept as published, apart from any correction, which is dated on the page.